September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
Newspaper, New York Daily Tribune, June 1, 1850, 6pp., disbound, VG. From the front page "Southern Slavery, by an Eye Witness." In part, "the lackey of the place (himself a slave) then leads up a man about 25; 'unharness yourself old boy' say he. The man, trembling, with the assistance of the lackey strips himself. ... The auctioneer announces no scars on his back ... sold at $455 ..."
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